This festive, super-easy cookie makes a
great treat for school parties with less effort.
Chocolate
Cookie Turtles
- 1 (18-ounce) package NESTLÉ
TOLL HOUSE Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, *see note
1 2/3 cups shelled pecans, (about 100)
20 soft caramels, unwrapped
2 tablespoons milk
- Preheat oven to 375°F
(190°C).
- Soak pecans in water for
5 minutes. Arrange 5 pecans on ungreased baking sheets (1 for
head, 4 for legs), leaving about a 1-inch circle in center.
- Shape slightly rounded
tablespoons of cookie dough into balls; place over circle onto
pecans.
- Repeat with remaining
pecans and dough, placing turtles two inches apart on baking
sheets.
- Bake for 11 to 13 minutes
or until edges are crisp. Cool on baking sheets on wire racks
for 1 minute; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- Microwave caramels and
milk in medium microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 1
1/2 minutes; stir. Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals,
stirring until smooth. Drizzle over turtles.
Makes 20.
Note: Or dough from one
batch Original NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Chocolate Chip
Cookies (NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Morsels 6-ounce package recipe) may be used.
Recipe and photograph are
the property of Nestlé® and Meals.com, used with permission.
